A.R.C. Year Show II
A Residence of Creation, is a collaboration between the Taşkonaklar Hotel in Cappadocia and the Istanbul-based art gallery; Ambidexter. Having started its life in August 2022, it aims to give the creative souls a space to research, be inspired, cultivate their practice and to create in the otherworldly landscape of Cappadocia; boasting a rich cultural and historical heritage.
From its establishment to the present, A.R.C. has hosted fourteen artists from fve countries with different disciplines; Defne Cemal, Zach Hodges, Pınar Kayar, Mesut Öztürk, Başak Çolak, Eliz Gündüz, Ayda Demirci, Aslı Emek Piéchaud, Rodolfo Viola -Morghen Studio-, Andres Monnier, Laura Pasquino, Elsa Foulon, Şule İpekçi, and David Doğan Levi, stayed at A.R.C. for one to four weeks. In 2023, Ambidexter in İstanbul hosted the frst exhibition of the residency program ‘A.R.C.’s Year Show’, with the works of the frst four artists.
The exhibition that you are about to experience is the works of seven artists who stayed in Cappadocia during ARC’s second year. The invited artists stayed, observed and worked in this region at different times of the year for periods of their own choosing. This exhibition is a small selection of the works that emerged throughout this process. The media include assemblage, collage, sculpture, sound design, drawing, painting, object design, photography.